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Kasrift
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Definitely not an expert, but what I think is fun for me in the hobby is learning new things. That is also why I culture phyto and pods. I think I'm going to start a daphnia and rotifers as well. Waiting for my clowns to breed... If you don't know, I have a longfin black ice clown and a another black snowflake, I wanted to breed longfin clowns to be longfin black snowflakes.
I was wondering what else I could "grow" other than corals. I'm wondering if there are some neat types of macro algaes or I was even thinking of trying the DIY PNS bacteria cultures.
Did it move before you magnified it with your phone or after?
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@robanister , for you. Cat mermaid and a dogfish
Kasrift
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It's one of the 'bristles" on the nudibranch. They drop them if you poke them or jostle them too much, I think it's like how a lizard drops it's tail. It's one of the reasons why I mentioned people should put a little piece of rock in the jar for them to attach to and then placing that in the tank.
Unfortunately that doesn't work with shipping them, so I have to blow them off any surface with a pipette, then use a pipette that I cut the end off to make it wider and suck them up and spit them out into the shipping jar. That stresses them and they sometimes drop a few of those bristles from their back in the tank where I am taking them from or into the jar that I put them in. They might drop one from shipping too if the water is jostling around.
I haven't watched one long enough, but I'd guess if it just came off of a nudibranch that it might move.
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Thuan
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Thank you. Too bad they don't grow another nudis from that
I have 2. They just hang upside down literally right below the aiptasia and just sway back and forth.
Kasrift
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Btw if you want to experiment with that, try gently "rolling" a nudibranch off the side of the jar with your finger. They bunch up and get mad and almost inevitably one of their "bristles"/hairs, whatever you want to call those spikes on their back will fall off.
They worried me when I first moved them and one fell off since I read they are fragile, it doesn't seem to affect them too much. I haven't had one die or anything from that, but they come off very easily.
Kasrift
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You might have camel shrimp them and not a peppermint. They look really alike and I think stores can mislabel them. Look at the white stripes, it's the best way to distinguish.
Camel Shrimp vs Peppermint Shrimp: Species Comparison
In this post, we’ll compare these two popular shrimp species, and we’ll summarize some of their similarities and differences so that you can decide whether or not one of these shrimp might be right for you.
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stoney7713
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I had a peppermint shrimp take a ride down the overflow. Ended up in the filter sock for at least a few days. It looked like a ghost shrimp when I pulled it out but regained its color in a few days.
Just look at their toes.You might have camel shrimp them and not a peppermint. They look really alike and I think stores can mislabel them. Look at the white stripes, it's the best way to distinguish.
Camel Shrimp vs Peppermint Shrimp: Species Comparison
In this post, we’ll compare these two popular shrimp species, and we’ll summarize some of their similarities and differences so that you can decide whether or not one of these shrimp might be right for you.
stoney7713
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That's so gross..lol
robanister
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She was passed cause 20 years growth was ruined by a car accident. It was a whole thing.
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